Dripless jug.



No. 725,238. PATENT-ED APR;14, 19o:sn F. J. GALLAGHER.

DRIPLESS JUG.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 22, 1902.

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Suva-H01 UNITED Sarns FRANK J. GALLAGHER, OF SHELDON, IOWA.

DRIPLESS JUG.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 725,238, dated April 14 1903 Application filed May 22, 1902- Serial 1V0. 108,493. (No model.)

To all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, FRANK J. GALLAGHER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Sheldon, in the county of OBrien and State of Iowa, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Dripless Jugs, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to dripless pitchers, bowls, or jugs for use as molasses-jugs or the like, the'object being to prevent the fluid running down the outside of the jug after the same has been used.

In the drawings forming a part of this specification, and in which like symbols of reference represent corresponding parts in the several views, Figure 1 is a side view of a jug in its normal or upright position, the upper part partly broken away to disclose the device applied to the same; and Fig. 2, an inverted, tilted, or upturned view of the same as the device appears in the act of pouring out its contents.

1 represents the jug; 2, the cover of the same, terminating in a bifurcated tip 13, the portion 12 of the tip directing the drip into the drip catch; 3, an extension, ear, or thumb-piece on the rear of the top or cover, and 4 a spring to hold the top normally closed.

5 is a rod pivotally connected to the ear 3 and to a door 6, said door being in turn hinged to the neck 7 of the jug.

8 is a vent or opening in the neck 7 of the jug, adapted to be closed by the door 6; 9, a slot in the rear of the neck 7 for the rod 5 to work in, and 10 a lip to catch the drip from the mouth 11 of the jug and return it through the vent 8 to the same.

Of course it will be understood that the door 6 may be composed of thin spring metal and simply soldered to the neck of the jug,

' thus dispensing'with the hinge, and that the rod 5 may also be connected at both its ends by solder or the like to the ear and door instead of being hinged, the operation being substantially as good. However, I prefer the construction shown, as I have found it the most satisfactory.

The operation of the device is as follows: The pitcher when in use is normally closed by spring 4, as shown in Fig. 1. When it is desired to use the pitcher, the operator simply presses his thumb on the ear 3, thus elevating the cover and closing the door 6. The pitcher being thus tilted or inverted, the fluid is poured from the same over the mouth 11. Upon the operator withdrawing his thumb the cover 2 immediately closes and the vent 8 opens, the drip from the top or mouth of the pitcher or jug being guided by lip 10 into the same through vent 8.

Having now fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. In a dripless jug, the combination with the cover of the same, of a neck provided with an orifice to receive the drip, a cover for said orifice, and means for opening and closing said second door or cover as the firstnamed cover is operated.

2. ,In a dripless jug, the combination with the cover of the same, of a spring to normally hold the cover closed, a lip below the mouth of the jug, the neck of the jug formed with an orifice below its mouth to receive the drip, a door for the orifice, and connections between said door and the cover of the FRANK J. GALLAGHER.

Witnesses:

W. M. SMITH, F. E. FRISBEE. 

